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Ulf Wakenius: Confessions of A Vagabond
by Ian Patterson
Happenstance may play a role in turning dreams into reality, but anyone who's ever realized a burning ambition will appreciate just how much hard work has paved the way. Two phone calls out of the blue almost twenty years apart opened doors to Swedish guitarist Ulf Wakenius, that in the first case he could only have ...
Ulf Wakenius: Momento Magico
by Ian Patterson
If guitarist Ulf Wakenius' Vagabond (ACT Music, 2012) was a highlight in a discography that stretches back thirty years to Urban Experience (Dragon, 1984) then Momento Magico--which possibly raises the bar still further-- serves as an anthology of his influences both old and new. Wakenius has toured the world extensively for decades, so it's perhaps unsurprising ...
Ulf Wakenius: Momento Magico
by Bruce Lindsay
Momento Magico is a solo outing from Swedish guitarist Ulf Wakenius, an exploration of three acoustic instruments--steel and nylon strung guitars and acoustic bass guitar. Wakenius undertakes this exploration across a mix of self-penned tunes and works by writers as varied as Erik Satie, Charles Trenet and Sixto Rodrigues. Wakenius is an impressively adaptable ...
Enjoy Jazz Festival 2013
by Adriana Carcu
Enjoy Jazz Festival Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany October 2-November 18, 2013 Enjoy Jazz is an event that can be attended in its entirety only by the lucky residents of the metropolitan area located in the Rhine-Neckar Triangle--and that for the simple reason that it runs for seven weeks. The good news is that ...
Paul Augustin: Putting Penang On The Jazz Map
by Ian Patterson
Most jazz festival directors would agree that survival is the name of the game in the first years. Unless a festival has the financial backing of a major sponsor it can be a knife edge existence attempting to rustle up private sponsorship and the kind of good will that is required in abundance to meet the ...
Jesper Bodilsen: Scenografie
by Jakob Baekgaard
When Danish bassist Jesper Bodilsen stepped out as a leader with the album Short Stories for Dreamers (Stunt, 2009), he proved himself not only as a superbly skilled instrumentalist, but also as a master of subdued poetic moods. Together with trumpeter Peter Asplund, guitarist Ulf Wakenius and vibraphonist Severi Pyysalo, he created an entire universe of ...
Jarasum International Jazz Festival Celebrates 10 Years!
The Jarasum International Jazz Festival, one of the world’s best attended jazz festivals celebrates its 10th edition from October 3rd to 6th in Gapeyong, South Korea. JIJF has come a long way since the very first edition in 2004. That year 30,000 people turned up to watched 15 local bands and 12 international acts that included ...
Video: Ray Brown, Germany 2000
In the following rare video of the Ulf Wakenius Project in 2000 at the annual Jazz Baltica Festival in Salzau, Germany, the Swedish guitarist Ulf Wakenius was joined by Michael Brecker (tenor sax), Ray Brown (bass), Niels Lan Doky (piano) and Terri Lyne Carrington (drums). If the name Ulf Wakenius doesn't ring a bell, he was ...
Youn Sun Nah: Lento
by Ian Patterson
Youn Sun Nah's rejection of a multi-record deal with French outfit Label Bleu to preserve her artistic freedom indicated that a change was in the air, following five recordings with her French 5tet band. Signed up by German label ACT, Nah released two critically and commercially successful albums, Voyage (2009) and Same Girl (2010), with the ...
Vincent Peirani: Thrill Box
by Bruce Lindsay
Thrill Box is Vincent Peirani's debut release on the ACT Music label. Its title refers to Peirani's instrument of choice, the accordion. For many, the accordion springs most readily to mind as an East European folk instrument, for others it evokes images of Morris dancers on warm English spring evenings (although that's more usually the concertina) ...
